Mapping The Ocean Floor Instructions And Data Sheet

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Mapping the ocean floor instructions and data sheet.

Accurate sea floor mapping and classification is usually an expensive undertaking requiring sophisticated equipment. Instructions and data sheet background. Be sure students understand that each data point represents the depth of water at the location described by the geographic coordinates. Record this depth on the data table.

Mapping the ocean floor. They are turned into a three dimensional model of the ocean floor. In the table below represents various measurements of the depth of the atlantic ocean between. Worksheet page 1 read the information below and then scan the table.

However here we detail a low cost method using the windmill rs232 data logging software an inexpensive echo sounder and gps receiver additional instruments can be connected to the computer and by using simple synchronisation techniques equipment that records to. The surface of the oceans covers an area of more than 12 million square km. Many early explorers did and they used several methods to try to determine the shape of the ocean floor. Ocean depth y axis for the.

Did you ever wonder what was below the surface of all that water. Until recently the depth of coastal waters rivers and lakes was. In this activity you will learn how scientists use math to find out about the ocean floor. Record this depth on the data table.

Multibeam sonar mapping the deep ocean floor 7 8 the noaa ship okeanos explorer education materials collection oceanexplorernoaagov system during the index satal 2010 expedition. Along the bottom of the graph label the x axis as distance from beach km and set up the scale counting by 100 s. Ocean depth y axis for the. On a separate sheet answer the questions.

Some of the worksheets displayed are mapping the ocean floor work 1 mapping the ocean floor name instructions and data whats really under the ocean ocean floor mapping g4 u8 l2 lesson 2 into the deep marine biology work i splash of math 48 mapping the ocean 5 4 ovr l lesson 3 seafloor profiling the ocean floor. Have made a more accurate prediction contour maps gather more data. On the mapping the ocean floor lab handout plot the distance from beach x axis vs. Students learn that the ocean.

Teams are given a series of depth data sheets to graph. On the mapping the ocean floor lab handout plot the distance from beach x axis vs. Some of the worksheets for this concept are mapping the ocean floor work 1 mapping the ocean floor name instructions and data whats really under the ocean ocean floor mapping g4 u8 l2 lesson 2 into the deep marine biology work i splash of math 48 mapping the ocean 5 4 ovr l lesson 3 seafloor. Mapping the ocean floor.

Students map a section of the ocean floor. This ocean depth data is what you will be graphing. Background the ocean floor has been mapped by scientists despite the fact that it is under water. This ocean depth data is what you will be graphing.

Mapping the ocean floor. One data sheet for each pair of students.